Tavengwa Chitata joined the Department of Water Governance as a lecturer and researcher. He has extensive experience in teaching agricultural water management and interdisciplinary research methods. Tavengwa Chitata's expertise lies at the intersection of irrigation engineering and social science. He explores how people learn from, make sense of and interact with (ground)water and irrigation infrastructure, using interdisciplinary approaches to understand these interactions.
He has a background in water and irrigation engineering. He earned his PhD from the Department of (Human) Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK, for his research on “Living with flows of groundwater and infrastructure governance: the case of Rufaro Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe.” This research explores the rationalities and decision-making processes of farmers who deal with groundwater and irrigation infrastructure, offering valuable insights into how logic(s), knowledge, and wisdom influence the dynamics of water governance.